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Thank you for your interest in the Natural Medicine approach to treating disease and healthy living! Caring Medical is currently a full time Prolotherapy doctor's office, headed by Ross Hauser, MD and we are blessed to fill the needs of patients seeking an alternative to surgery. We are accepting new patients and athletes suffering from chronic pain, sports injuries, and arthritis for treatment with Prolotherapy. Due to this large demand in Prolotherapy, we are not currently accepting new patients for natural medicine conditions, this includes autoimmune conditions, weight loss, menopause, hormones, or cancer. Through the years, we have seen so many lives turn around for the better with some of the methods discussed on this page, and encourage you to seek a Natural Medicine practitioner at www.acam.org.
Crohn's disease, an autoimmune disorder, is characterized by chronic inflammation of the intestines. Named after the physician who described the disease in a landmark paper written in 1932, Crohn's disease primarily causes ulcerations in the small and large intestines, but can affect the digestive system anywhere between the mouth and the anus. The condition affects men and women equally and seems to run in some families. About 20 percent of people with Crohn's disease have a blood relative with some form of inflammatory bowel disease, most often a brother or sister and sometimes a parent or child.
How does Crohn's disease develop?
In Crohn's disease the body's immune system responds abnormally to its bowel contents. Composed of cells and proteins that normally protect the body from infections or other foreign invaders, a normal immune system would not respond to food, bacteria and other substances in the intestines. In patients with Crohn's disease, the immune system reacts actively to a variety of substances and/or bacteria in the intestines, causing inflammation, bowel injury and ulcerations.
What are the symptoms of Crohn's disease?
The symptoms of Crohn's disease vary. The disorder usually recurs at intervals throughout life, with severe episodes lasting weeks or months before settling down to periods with mild or no symptoms. These symptoms include diarrhea that often contains blood, a bloody discharge from the anus, abdominal pain, fever, weight loss and a general feeling of malaise.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of Crohn's disease but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat Crohn's disease.
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